12:00am Mon 11 Jan, 2010
The thunder of V8 powered hydroplanes returns to Tauranga on January 23-24 as these super fast boats contest the Masport Cup. The Masport Cup is an open event held... Read More
12:00am Mon 11 Jan, 2010
Moko, the bottlenosed dolphin, resident at Gisborne's Waikanae beach this summer, is believed to be heading north and could be coming to Tauranga. Fishermen on... Read More
12:00am Thu 07 Jan, 2010
Tauranga's Peter Burling and Auckland's Blair Tuke have qualified for the gold fleet at the 49er Worlds, currently being raced in the Bahamas. Blair and Peter... Read More
12:00am Thu 07 Jan, 2010
Fishery officers are thanking the community for the high level of support shown for its efforts to preserve New Zealand's fisheries this summer. 'The response to... Read More
12:00am Wed 06 Jan, 2010
Toi te Ora Public Health medical officer of health Dr Phil Shoemack says so far one person is believed to have gone to hospital with paralytic shellfish poisoning... Read More
12:00am Tue 05 Jan, 2010
Recent high winds have blown away the Chinese lanterns that have sparked a flurry of calls to police over the holiday period from people who think they are seeing... Read More
12:00am Tue 05 Jan, 2010
Testing conditions at the Mount Maunganui Main Beach on Monday ‘separated the men from the boys'. 'It was a pretty rough day,” says Thundercat NZ vice... Read More
12:00am Tue 29 Dec, 2009
Tuatua from the ocean beach, cockles from the harbour are all off the summer barbecue menu at least until the second week of January. The paralytic shellfish poison... Read More
12:00am Sat 26 Dec, 2009
Fishery officers have found a group of five adults and a child with 253 undersized paua and 222 kina. The paua, which need to be at least 125mm to be legally taken,... Read More
12:00am Tue 22 Dec, 2009
Search and rescue officials are urging boaties and kayakers to prepare well before taking to the ocean, after a series of incidents in recent days. Police attended... Read More
12:00am Mon 21 Dec, 2009
Allan Fullerton liked the look of some boat plans he saw on the internet, so he decided to build one. 'I was up in the US a couple of years back and I saw a few... Read More
12:00am Sun 20 Dec, 2009
Yachties from both ends of Tauranga harbour converged on Katikati for a weekend of sailing and socialising. Katikati Boat Club hosted 10 yachts from north and south;... Read More